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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, UNION COUNTY, OHIO JUVENILE DIVISION

In the Matter of EMERGENCY SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN LOCAL RULES PROHIBITING ELECTRONIC FILING UNDER EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES CREATED BY COVID-19.

No. 2020JJ003

JUDGE EUFINGER

EFFECTIVE MARCH 25, 2020, as the result of the State of Emergency that

exists due to the public health crisis created by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19),

the Juvenile Court of Union County hereby issues the following orders.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that any portion of any existing local rule in conflict

with the following orders is hereby SUSPENDED until this order is vacated or modified

by the Court. In particular, this Order regards and modifies/ suspends language within any

existing local rule of this Court that requires: (1) complaints (and ancillary documentation)

that initiate any proceedings must be physically presented to the Clerk of Court for filing;

and (2) pleadings within any open matter may only be filed by physical presentation of the

pleadings or by submission of the pleadings to the Clerk's facsimile machine.

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, in addition to physical

submission (via delivery in person to the Clerk's Office or via U.S. mail) and facsimile

submission, email submission of complaints and pleadings will be permitted under this ~

orde

· Matters may be initiated with the email submission of a complaint and ancillary

doc"'mentation in the form of an attached portable document format file (PDF) and sent to

c- the email address juvenilecourt@co.union.oh.us. The subject line of the email must state ; ~! , \

:that the submission is a complaint and indicate the nature of the proceeding (i.e.

Delinquency; Juvenile Traffic; Abuse, Neglect or Dependency; Unruly; Adult; Permanent

Custody; Custody; Child Support Enforcement of Modification; Parentage, etc.).

Pleadings in ongoing matters may be submitted via email in the form of an

attached portable document format file (PDF) and sent to the email address

juvenilecourt@co.union.oh.us. The subject line of the email must contain the case caption

and case number(s).

Documents submitted via email will be printed by the Clerk's Office, reviewed and

processed Monday through Friday, during normal business hours (8:30 a.m. to noon and

1 p.m. to 4 p.m.). The Court's file stamp, which will be applied by the Clerk's Office, is the

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official date and time of filing, regardless of the date and time the email was sent or

received.

Email submission is available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, including

holidays, unless barred by equipment or other errors.

Upon acceptance and filing, the Clerk's office will email a copy of the file-stamped

document to the filing entity. The Clerk's office will not place copies of the document(s) in

any attorney mailboxes in the Clerk's office (use if which is suspended for that purpose

during the COVID-19 Emergency) or serve any other parties, counsel or entities unless a

praecipe for service is filed.

If filing fees, court costs or a deposit are required upon the filing of the action,

the emailed document(s) will not be accepted for filing until the required amounts are paid

to the Clerk. The email submission will be printed by the Clerk and marked as "Received."

Upon review of the document(s), and upon receipt of necessary fees, costs or deposits, the

document(s) will be accepted for filing and file stamped.

All parties, counsel of record and other filing entities are advised that should Ohio

law require that an original signature or original documentation be filed, the original

documentation should be submitted forthwith to the Court via U.S. Mail to 215 W. Fifth

Street, Marysville, Ohio, or presented physically to the Office of the Juvenile Clerk. The

filing date of the action will be the date that the email submission was accepted for filing

and file stamped.

To the extent that Ohio law requires original signatures or documentation filed with

this Court to feature an original signature, it is solely the responsibility of the filing entity

. t~ e~ ure that e~ail submi~si~n~ a~e supplemente~ by filing the original document(s) or

u nsk fue loss of this Court's Junsd1ct1on over the action. } .

, Any questions about the operation of this emergency order should be directed to the

Chief Deputy Clerk of this Court, by emailing lmoots@co.union.oh.us.

' The Court will vacate or amend this order at the conclusion of the emergency.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

~~ CHARLOTTE COLEMANINGER JUDGE

cc: CASA Program of Delaware County & Union County Central Ohio Youth Center Tri-County Regional Jail Union Co. Bar Association Union Co. Department of Job and Family Services/PCSA Union Co. Department of Job and Family Services/CSEA Union Co. Prosecuting Attorney Union Co. Sheriff